Denty Daivy
Denty Daivy - meaning Summary
Playful Erotic Courtship
This short Scots lyric recounts a woman’s fond, teasing memories of sexual encounters with a lover called Davie. In playful, sometimes bawdy scenes she recalls him joining her in bed, being hidden by her mother, and meeting her in a field. Refrain-like lines repeat her affection—"denty Davie"—as a term of endearment. The tone is intimate, humorous, and jaunty rather than solemn; the poem balances comic imagery, erotic suggestion, and folk-song simplicity to celebrate desire and the speaker’s delighted remembrance.
Read Complete AnalysesBein pursued by the dragoons, Within my bed he was laid doun An weel I wat he was worth his room, My ain dear denty Davie. O leeze me on his curly pow, Bonnie Davie, denty Davie; Leeze me on his curly pow, He was my denty Davie. My minnie laid him at my back, I trow he lay na lang at that, But turned, an in a vera crack Produced a denty Davie. Then in the field amang the pease, Behin� the hoose o Cherrytrees, Again he wan atweesh my thies, An, splash! gaed oot his gravy. But haed I gowd, or haed I land, It should be a� at his command; I�ll ne�er forget what he pat i� my hand, It was a denty Davie. O leeze me on his curly pow, Bonnie Davie, denty Davie; Leeze me on his curly pow, He was my denty Davie
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